Accounting Project Manager – Systems & Process Improvement

The PCA Companies; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401(k) with up to 4% match

Supplemental benefits

Job summary

The PCA Group Of Companies is seeking an organized and analytical Project Manager, Accounting to join our Ronkonkoma accounting team. Lead Finance/Accounting projects, drive system improvements, and coordinate across IT, Operations, and Finance to ensure timely, accurate financial results.

With 3–5 years in accounting/finance project work, you will manage end-to-end initiatives, enhance month-end close processes, and standardize workflows across multi-entity operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Approximately 3–5 years of progressive Accounting, Finance, financial systems, or related professional experience.
• Experience coordinating or managing Accounting, Finance, ERP, system implementation, or process-improvement projects.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, fixed assets, and month-end close processes.
• Experience with ERP or financial systems.
• Experience with system implementations, integrations, upgrades, or data migrations is strongly preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong project-management, organizational, and documentation abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage several priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with accounting and non-accounting stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining consistent communication with management.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality involving financial and Company information.

Responsibilities

• Lead Accounting and Finance-related projects from planning through completion.
• Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate activities between Accounting, Finance, IT, Operations, and other departments.
• Track project progress and follow up with stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met.
• Identify project risks, delays, resource concerns, and potential accounting issues.
• Facilitate project meetings and maintain clear documentation of action items and responsibilities.
• Provide regular project updates to accounting leadership.
• Ensure completed projects are successfully transitioned into day-to-day accounting operations.
• Support ERP, accounting system, financial reporting, and technology-related initiatives.
• Participate in system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and data migrations.
• Partner with IT and outside vendors to communicate accounting requirements.
• Coordinate user testing and validation of new accounting functionality.
• Assist with data reconciliation and accuracy during system conversions.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting processes.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, workflows, and procedures.
• Review existing accounting workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Evaluate processes for duplication, bottlenecks, manual work, and control gaps.
• Help standardize accounting processes across departments and business entities.
• Support improvements to month-end and year-end close activities.
• Develop project plans for reconciliation, reporting, documentation, and process-improvement initiatives.
• Measure the effectiveness of implemented changes.
• Promote continuous improvement throughout accounting operations.
• Support Accounting activities associated with new businesses, subsidiaries, acquisitions, and organizational changes.
• Coordinate Accounting onboarding and integration activities.
• Assist with standardizing charts of accounts, reporting processes, reconciliations, vendor procedures, and financial workflows.
• Track integration-related accounting tasks through completion.
• Partner with subsidiary leadership and internal departments to collect required financial information.
• Identify differences between existing processes and PCA Accounting standards and assist with developing transition plans.
• Ensure appropriate internal controls are considered during accounting projects and process changes.
• Assist with identifying control gaps and developing corrective action plans.
• Maintain proper documentation, approvals, reconciliations, and segregation of duties.
• Support the development and maintenance of accounting policies and standard operating procedures.
• Assist with audit-related projects and remediation initiatives.
• Maintain organized and accessible project and accounting documentation.
• Support projects designed to improve the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Assist with standardized reporting packages, reporting calendars, and financial-data workflows.
• Coordinate financial data collection across departments and business entities.
• Support reconciliation and validation efforts involving systems and reporting changes.
• Develop project tracking tools and reporting dashboards for management.

Skills

Project management

Documentation

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Written communication

Verbal communication

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Accounting software

Job description

The PCA Group Of Companies is seeking an organized and analytical Project Manager, Accounting to join our Ronkonkoma accounting team. Lead Finance/Accounting projects, drive system improvements, and coordinate across IT, Operations, and Finance to ensure timely, accurate financial results.

With 3–5 years in accounting/finance project work, you will manage end-to-end initiatives, enhance month-end close processes, and standardize workflows across multi-entity operations.